Hatching in Equestria as a Silver Dragon

Two days later, 18 of August Sylf's POV

I should have began teaching him earlier, I have checked the official report and I have checked the medical notes and read his testimony, and what they said instead, of course they didn't believe them, but it was clear Onyx had defended himself too, something no one could blame him for, as defending yourself was within your rights, hurting attackers was not a crime unless they surrendered and stopped attacking.

At least his wounds had recovered almost completely by now, his eyelid has gone back to normal and the wounds on the inside of his maw have closed, the two bastards that attacked my son have been placed un the dungeons, they aren't from Canterlot but are notorious criminals that came from Fillydelphia and have several arrest warrants there for them.

I should teach them Coconut and Onyx how to fight safely, specially Onyx who, despite the fact I don't want him to, has to fight for his life and I don't know if I'll be able to go next time, not with my soon to be born pups, I can feel them lately, they are moving about every day now, probably soon to come out, my pregnant tummy is very easy to see now, something I take pride in, I have always wanted this, ever since I was a caretaker, specially when I reached my adult age.

I should ask him, we should do it before they are born, I don't care if it's rushed, I don't want a party, I want us to be officially together, and I know he will agree, he is just too shy to ask, he probably thinks I don't want to... I should have asked long ago, should I?

Well, no time like the present!

I wait for him to be back from work, selling ice cream this time of year is making him some decent bits, of course I never ask him for bits, and he never asks me, we both have our jobs and we make more than enough, I think it's time for us to make our union official, I want to give my little ones a stable family and an official family, it's... More of a formality for all of us, because we know that the love we feel won't change.

Several hours later

Coconut finally came back from work, Onyx is in his room now having a nap, or reading one of his books, soon once my puppies are born I will have to teach him how to fight, he hangs out with his friends sometimes but I need him to exercise more, I want him to be his very best self after all, I want him to grow into a big, strong, and attractive dragon.

Not for me, of course, but for himself, soon he will enter his teenage years and he will want to look his best for his crushes, he admitted to having.

I won't ask him who it is, it's not my business to get in his personal life but I do want him to have the best personal life possible, something I neglected to myself for years before I met Coconut.

Speaking about him, I join him in our room, waiting for him to come out of the bathroom after his shower, waiting for him laying on my side on the bed.

Not much later he comes out, a towel on his head, and he walks over to me, smiling warmly.

"How is my beautiful wolf lady doing today? You look really sexy today, and your smile is contagious~" He slid into the bed laying in front of me and pressing himself to my chest, he nuzzled me on the neck and snout with his adorable and perfect muzzle, he even gave me a little lick on the side of my snout.

I was blushing by the end and he clearly was excited to be alone with me too, I could feel it, but a more pressing matter was in my mind now.

"I've been thinking about you all day, my wonderful stud of a coltfriend. And honestly I want to marry you, I really think it would be ideal to do it before our pups are born, don't you think my love?" He looked at me for a few minutes, trying to discern if I was serious before a huge smile spread across his muzzle.

"You really mean it?! YES of course I want to, I was afraid of asking because... I didn't know if you wanted to make it official or not, but... Ever since I found out you are pregnant from me, I wanted to marry you, it just feels right, you know? And I agree we should do it before our little ones are born, ponies usually marry in small ceremonies in herds, but occasionally they also celebrate monogamous weddings, and... What do you want exactly for our wedding? What type of event?"

I hugged him tightly at that, kissing him right on the lips, it was something he taught me, ponies kiss like this, and... After finding the proper position, tilting our head to opposite sides so they can open and interlock, we could make a sort of... Maw to maw kissing that was how he taught me tongue kisses are done by ponies.

It was wonderful too, very intimate and very... arousing, if I wasn't so pregnant I would ask him for it now, but... There is no safe way to take him down there, other than using my maw, and that was too busy kissing him for that.

Eventually we stopped kissing and I explained to him my plan.

"I'm thinking a small wedding just for our family.
I think we should do it in Ponyville so we can invite Kari, we haven't seen her in a while and she would probably love to catch up! I bet she would also adore you, you haven't met her yet after all, she's the second sweetest Manticore I know, second only to her little cub, Wishpaw." He smiled at my excited tone.

"Now I really want to meet them. I bet Onyx and the little manticore cub will also get along nicely, Onyx loves to play and Wishpaw probably loves it too, right?"

I can only nod at that, they indeed do, my son loves to play with his friends whenever he isn't reading, I suppose while he doesn't usually go outside much around the city, he loves to meet with friends at their houses to play and hang out, and he's a menace at school, but the teachers let him play fight because they think Shining Armor has a combat oriented cutie mark, so they want to let him use his talents, which is always incentivized by pony society, when a pony has a talent and it's practiced in a legal way it's important to let them improve it and grow.

"They get along very nicely, but last time Onyx was there the cub was just recently born, so he was very shy and not ready to play yet, but it still made friends with Onyx, or at least trusted him enough allow being caressed, now, when should we do it? The wedding I mean." He had a thoughtful face then smiled.

Why not tomorrow? I can go buy the bracelets right now, I have money saved up on the vault room, Onyx told me about it and showed me, and damn, he's rich! But I also keep my own money there too since it looks very safe, even if his savings are a lot more than mine." I was sure Onyx wouldn't mind missing one day of school, so I smiled, genuinely happy and excited for tomorrow, this was not decided on a whim, we have been together for over half a year now, love at first sight does happen and I'm glad it happened to me and him at the same time.

"Yes please! I don't know when exactly, but I feel I'm going to give birth any day now, so we may not have much time to plan for anything fancier than a simple family wedding, I don't want any special clothing for the wedding either, let's do it like we are, i want to show the world im going to be a mother, my body will be fully uncovered, im super proud and excited!"

I exclaimed with a cheer, life is going wonderful for me, soon one of my biggest dreams will become reality, not only do I have a mate but I will have my pups thanks to him!

I couldn't resist and formed the spell in my mind, the spell he was extremely vulnerable to, and soon a ghostly hand appeared in the air next to him, I moved it mentally right at the vulnerable target, grabbing gently at his hefty balls between his hind legs

"All because of this pair~ now what can you say in your defense mister?" I asked him in a clear teasing and playful tone, he blushed but smiled smugly and just relaxed and enjoyed the groping.

"Well... You asked for it, and you were quite eager to get it too, over and over~" his tone makes think back to that day, lust had taken over both of our minds, and I couldn't deny it, I did ask for it and I even started it myself.

"... Touché, but I don't think I would ever regret it, that was perfect, thank you my love." I hugged him with a blush, deciding to stop teasing him as he still had to go and buy those jewels, and I don't want all the mares to see his dick out and start to ask him if he needed help with it.

"I won't ever regret it either, I couldn't have asked for a better first time than with you Sylf, my beloved wolf marefriend~ Soon you will be my wife and I will be your husband, this is super exciiiting! And thank you for stopping the teasing, It would be embarrassing to go out to the streets with an erection." He rubbed the back of his head shyly with a hoof and we both laughed, he was right of course, it wasn't illegal but it was seen as asking for a mare to 'help' and I didn't want another mare to get it, at least not if I didn't know her well enough.

"You're right love, I don't want other mares to have you without my approval, I'm not... Completely closed to the idea in the future but for now I just want it to be the two of us, but if you do find yourself desiring another mare, let me know and we can talk about it, I would prefer to know her too before anything happens, okay?"

"Of course, I think I am happy with you and I don't need anyone else, but if I ever feel different I promise I will tell you, relationships are built on trust after all, and I must ask the same of you, I will like to know if you are desiring other stallion or other male, and I will of course like to meet them too, does that sound fair?" I nodded with a wide smile, it was good to know he thought about making it fair, I was really lucky to have found him.

"I promise my sweetheart~ but no matter what, I want to be with you always, and that is why I want to marry you." After telling him that I approached him and kissed him on the lips, we both enjoyed the moment a while longer and then we stopped and he left to get money and go buy the gold bracelets.

I was feeling very excited now, I wanted to run around and scream with joy, but I had something better to do, and that was to tell my son.

Opening the door to his room I approached with a large smile, he looked up from his book about armor and weapons maintenance, and smiled back, his tail started wagging behind him.

"Moom~! How are you?" He left the book open on the bed and jumped out of it, running to me and standing on his hind legs to hug me around the head, happily kissing me across the face with his tongue, he usually did this when he was feeling really happy, his way of kissing was nothing like ponies. Wait why was he so happy?

He probably overheard us, I suppose I can't blame him for that, he is next room after all.

"You know already, don't you son?" He tried to look innocent but I knew too well by now how he acts.

"I... May have overheard it, sorry you were talking loudly and I couldn't focus on my book, not my fault ma! And congratulations! I'm so happy you two decided to commit to it fully, I love both of you, and I agree with your choice to do this before the pups are born, having the stability of married parents that love each other is something that I always lacked back then, you know? N-not talking about you, I mean in my other life, I'm just glad you decided to go about it this way." I hugged him tighter and gently pressed my snout to his.

"You're right, it's much better even if it doesn't change our relationship much, it's for the best and gives us legal stability, while it's expected of stallions to form herds, there is no law that dictates that they have to marry into a herd, and marriage doesn't impose any limits, stallions are always incentivized by the state to have more than one mare, they are in fact paid a large fee for having more mares in their herd, but we both already make good money and neither of us is interested in another ponies as of now." He nodded with a smile at my words, clearly agreeing.

"I agree, so... Are we inviting someone or just our family? Any ideas where to do the wedding? I can offer some of my ideas if you want, what about food? Should we just eat a normal meal? Also don't worry about transportation, I will take you to Ponyville myself, any time you want to, in fact we can go today after dad brings home the wedding bracelets, you know I can now use teleportation! And I can bring even a small group of around 6 or 7 ponies!" That was a good point, but now that I think about it, who could I bring? If I bring one friend it would be leaving out my other friends, and Coconut had no family left, neither did I.

"I think it would be better if we go alone, just the three of us, unless you want to invite someone?" He shook his head no. "And I'm willing to hear any ideas you have my precious! Do tell, you have good ideas always, well almost always." He stuck his tongue out at me when I said that.

"I had this idea... What if we bother the Apple family again and celebrate your wedding in their property? But not right in their house, I mean on the very nicely decorated and beautiful path that leads to their farm, it gives me... A really good feeling you know? The beautiful apple trees, the white picket fence with the sign of the farm, it's very nicely maintained too, and we could have a nice wedding there, it would be calm, out of the way and romantic, in my opinion, of course I think we should pay them for using their farm for that, I will pay myself 5000 of my bits." I smiled at his generous offer, it sounds like a lovely idea!

"But I also have another idea, what if we go talk to the mayor of Ponyville and ask them for a formal wedding but like, one with only the ponies who want to assist? The mayor will probably celebrate the wedding in the town hall or in some church to their god Faust, and the town will be informed, but the first option also means that we will need to inform the mayor to preside over the wedding, since she needs to be witness to do the paperwork for the wedding certificate, right?" I was impressed by his knowledge.

"Yeah, you're right but how do you know all of this? It's almost like you had it planned from the start..."

He simply smiled at me with mischief.

"Of course, I have plans for everything! Kind of... okay not everything but I do for this! You and dad have been together for a while now, almost a year, and you are happy together, you are about to give birth too! Of course I thought about your marriage, in fact I did as soon as I realized your belly started to grow." He said softly and got on my side and started to nuzzle my belly lovingly and softly.

"My little siblings are almost ready to come out, aren't you little ones? Hehe I bet they can hear me, I feel them moving." I stood extra still and indeed I do feel them move inside me, they are alive, they're healthy too, I just know it.

"Oh, I feel it too, my precious pups momma loves you!" Onyx smiled and we both stayed quiet for a moment, he caressed me softly with his paws while I simply sat down and enjoyed it.

"Thank you... I'll always love you as well, you are as much my son as they are, or daughter too, who knows? Just... Thank you for being always so sweet to me despite my failures and mistakes, you clearly took my lessons to heart, better than me in fact."

"What do you mean mom? I haven't done as good a job as you do, I do feel anger and I sometimes act out on it, but I admit I try to show restraint when it comes to using lethal attacks, but that's just because I don't want to carry any of that guilt or trauma, I know it will be painful to remember..." Oh, he still was... Yes he definitely still remembers his death.

"You don't want others to go through what you went through, right? I'm sorry, I wish I could have saved you back then, I know you miss them too, I know." I decide to hug him this time, pulling his face close to my chest and holding him for a few minutes.

He was crying softly, but I comforted him until we both felt better, he was improving, if only slightly, he recovered faster and had a smile on his face, a real smile.

"I do momma, but I am moving past that, and now that I have a way back, even if it was dangerous, I feel it's much less of a problem if I ever really want to go back to check up on them."

"Good, that's what matters, but you're not going back until you are much much stronger and you can protect yourself from anything, okay?"

"Yes, I know, no way I'm going back now as weak as I am! And not while we have things to do here, I have an important mission, several in fact, and I promised Celestia I would help her, I intend to keep that promise, despite me wanting to slap her on the muzzle... I-i mean despite how we get along." That made me snort and begin to laugh uncontrollably, the mental image of Onyx slapping her was extremely ridiculous.

"Pfff! Hahahha Onyx you are really a joy to be with, I agree I would punch her too, but I don't think I want to risk my life like that, and neither should you, you said so yourself before." He agreed quickly, then Coconut opened the door and entered, holding a fancy jewel velvet box that was somewhat big.

"I'm back you two! I got this beautiful bracelets with black and white pearls, one of each for each amulet, I think it represents us very well, I mean sure I'm brown and white but I think it kinda fits, do you agree honey? Or should I go change them?" He asked with a hopeful expression, Onyx nodded and gave him a hug which he returned.

"Ohh I love the concept! Yes I think the color black represents me very well, I love it! And I also love your colors, your magical aura is white, and black and white go perfect together~" I joined their hug and smiled, this was a wonderful moment! Now we just needed to go and inform the Apple family and the Mayor of Ponyville about our wedding so she will make time.

"Don't worry you two, I'll bring the money so we can pay for the whole event, I'm sure that Ponyville has a good bakery and the Apple family will accept to help us in exchange for money, I wouldn't ask them to do anything for free, so you two ready to go? Go get everything you may need ready, I'll bring the money and we will meet in the dinner table to eat and from there I'll take us to Ponyville." He was definitively already very much sure of using his own money, so I wouldn't stop him, plus he must felt indebted to me since I got her that expensive chest he uses now to store his treasure, and I want him to feel like he doesn't owe me anything.

"Thank you so much my wonderful dragon! Come on let's get things ready Coco, let's pack some things we may need, tonight we will sleep in Ponyville."

POV Onyx

I had an idea, why shouldn't I use the phone I had brought from Earth? I can charge it here! I have the solar charger and I haven't set it up, I could be the photographer!

I pulled it out of the inventory and unlocked it, I had no passcode or fingerprint on it, I do have fingerprints, kind of, but they are not the same as a person's, they just are textures in my paws that have random patterns, the scales on my paws are also not as slippery, and they have way more grip.

"You two please look at me and stay there, hold your bracelet box up for me to see and hold still, I'll take a picture!" They both looked confused, I never explained to them what was a phone, I'm sure they'll have questions after this.

"Sure son, but what is that rectangular glass? It's really beautiful!" Dad asked with curiosity as I stepped back and aimed the phone at them, the camera on it opened, it was quite an amazing camera, human tech had really improved in the last 8 years since I died.

"Oh I'll explain later, just stand still, and smile to the camera, this is just a photo camera like those the reporters use for the news! Just a lot better." They at least didn't question me further and did as I asked.

I snapped the picture and a brief flash lit up the room more, the picture was instantly taken and both ponies blinked away the strong LED flash.

"Wow, that really is like the cameras the reporters have, it's bright!" Sylf exclaimed, blinking quickly.

"Yeah sorry, the flash usually makes the indoor pictures look better, want to see how it came out?" They both seemed confused, knowing pictures required a long process to be seen.

"Huh? But how? You haven't gone to get them done yet?" I smirked and approached then again, opening the right picture on the gallery and showing them.

I had a few pictures of Earth too, from the hotel room windows, where I was safe, and in my natural form.

I showed them the screen and their eyes widened, staring at it like it was hypnotizing them.

"Whoa! Ohh, Onyx where did you get this thing?! It... It can take pictures of such quality! We look amazing in it, it's also super convenient, how?" Dad was fascinated, and mom was speechless, but her surprised expression morphed into a smile after that.

"Oh son, you have to take pictures during the wedding too! Please? It would be lovely to have those moments immortalized in such a way!" She begged me, with her most adorable puppy wolf expression, she pulled it off extremely well, I suppose the advantage of being a wolf herself, I was gonna do that anyways.

"Of course ma! This is exactly why I'm showing you this device now, it's one of the items I brought back from home when I visited, I would say it's the most valuable one when it comes to daily life... I regret not having downloaded music on it, but I didn't have much time to go and start looking for it." I shook my head.

"Enough about this, go get ready you two, we don't have much time, I don't want to have to bother the Apple family late at night, they probably all go to sleep early and it's already past 7pm, you have 30 minutes to get ready." I said with a serious expression, shooing them off my room, which they quickly complied and ran off to get their things ready, not like there was much to take.

Half an hour later, I was waiting in the eating area, filing my claws to be smoother, and less pointy, I already had my sack of bits stored in the saddlebags I was wearing, I was all ready, I had eaten a meat and cheese sandwich and packed some food for the night, gems and other small snacks like cookies dad made yesterday.

Finally both came running at the same time, I smiled and nodded to them.

"Good evening, ready to head out? Did you lock all the doors and windows? Did you turn off all the magical lamps?"

Both of them nodded "yeah we did son, let's go, we're ready."

"Good, let's go stand there in the open space, I will start up the spell." Thankfully they did as they were told and I walked between them, I hugged both of them standing on my hind legs, the runic matrix already half filled in my mind, I had a look of concentration as I looked for the right spot that I was sure must be empty by now, and not scare anyone who was in the house.

I decided a few meters away from the fence, on the fields was the ideal place, I poured my energy fully now that I had a place.

"Both of you open your mouths and relax your chest, teleporting in 3 seconds." They both did, motes of indigo color lights floated around us for a second before we appeared in less than an instant at our destination with a bright flash of the same color, a loud sound like an electric arc could be heard even from dozens of meters away.

Mom and dad suddenly went a bit green as they got strong nausea, good thing I was holding onto them, they weren't used to teleportation.

"Take a deep breaths through your mouth, let your body get used to the difference in pressure and altitude, we just came down from a mountain, you're gonna take a few minutes to adjust."

This pressure change didn't bother me because i had experienced teleportation before, and because I had a different body than they did, I was not a mammal, I did feel my ears sting and my stomach get a bit upset for a few seconds until I yawned to equalize the pressure.

"Huff Huf i-i think I'm okay now, you should have warned us about that son... Not cool, but it's okay... It's faster than the train." Coconut was the first to speak.

"Wow that didn't feel very nice, I felt a bit sick for a minute there, do you have something to say for yourself son?"

"Sorry mom, dad, it only happens the first time, then your magical core will protect you from teleports, the first time I almost puked too, it's just that your magic doesn't know that teleportation can happen and once it does it learns, your magic, both of you, your magic is another... Organ in your body, it's always either in the brain or very close to it."

"So that explains why my horn is in my head, but... Sylf you don't have a horn, so how can you use magic?"

"She has her own magical organ inside her brain, just like me, our magic focus is not our horns, it's more spread out, mom is in her maw, mine spread across my body, but mostly focused on my front paws and in my maw."

Suddenly we heard someone running over, and I could tell right away who it was because of both the sound of her steps and the distinctive scent. Dragon noses are quite sensitive.

A large Manticore jumped in front of us, making dad go pale, and become paralyzed with fear.

I admit Kari would be terrifying if I had seen her in front of me out of nowhere for the first time.

"Auntie! Hiii! It's been a while, how are you?" I used a quick multicast speak with animals spell on both of them and myself.

"Hello my little nephew, you look good, and happy, how wonderful to see you!" With that she starts licking my head as I hug her tightly and nuzzle her strong muscular chest.

"Oh Kari, I've missed you and cousin so much... I need to introduce you to someone, this wonderful stallion here with us is Sylf's mate, and soon we will have a celebration to make their pairing official I'm the eyes of the ponies and other creatures! You're invited." She looks intrigued at my words, I just smile and grab her snot, playing with her whiskers and running my paws on her chin, caressing her, which has the desired effect of having her closing her eyes in bliss and making adorable purr like noises, much deeper and scarier of course, for the average person.

Meanwhile mom whispers in dad's ear and he calms down slowly, his face regaining color and he sighs and seems to become more confident, wiping the sweat off himself, he must have had quite the scare, and prey instincts are strong on ponies, I must say he is quite brave for a pony not used to fight...

In second thought, he and mom are a couple so maybe he is into, okay Onyx time to stop that train of thought.

"Kariii, good to see you again my dear sister~ you must meet my wonderful mate, go ahead love, introduce yourself!" I stop hugging auntie and move to the side to let them interact properly, and go back standing next to mom.

Dad steps forward and begins doing as asked
"H-hello miss Kari, my name is Coconut Cream, I'm Sylf's coltfriend, and soon to be husband, its nice to finally meet you! Both Onyx and Sylf have told me a lot about you, and I'm glad go meet you in pony, finally." He says with a smile that grows more confident as he speaks, and then he approaches her and gives her a nice hug, making me smile wide, he also nuzzles her on the neck too, I almost cheer at this, yes! He is doing everything right, I will never doubt him again.

Kari was surprised too, a slight blush on her face, but she soon relaxed and hugged him with one big paw that gently rubbed on his back, and nuzzled his head, even giving him some licks too which messed up his mane, I giggled along with mom, their hug ended and they looked at each other's in a new light, he completely relaxed and was smiling and she was looking calmer and with a glint in her eyes, looks like they already get along well.

"I'm glad you two like eachother, now come here sister!" Sylf gestures for Kari to approach and then became very affectionate.

They spent a few minutes catching up and explaining what the reason for our visit and what had happened during our time away, I decided meanwhile to go talk to the Apples.

I reached the fence door and opened it gently, it wasn't locked.

Then I walked towards the house, and with a smile I realized Smith Apple was sitting outside and drinking some apple juice while enjoying the sunset.

She saw me coming, and got up from her chair, walking towards me. "Onyx, it's you isn't it? How wonderful to see you again!" She reached me and we both shared a hug, she was much younger than in the show, she was still old but she was as pretty healthy and looked to be in her 60s

"Granny! Its lovely to see you in good health, how is everypony at the farm doing? How has the new addition to the family behaved? Hehe I hope she or her cub haven't caused any issues." I asked hopeful, I had no reason to believe anything happen but it's better to ask than be surprised later.

"Oh don't ya worry about that youngin, they are both angels, they are really well behaved, little Wishpaw loves to play with the colt, they both get along wonderful, and Big has someone to play however much he wants, only thing that happened was that our relatives gettin' mighty scared of her when they visit, until they gather enough courage to meet her, then they're fine." A small sigh of relief left me at that, making the mare laugh.

"Ya worry too much colt, but I assure ya, they have been nothing but helpful and kind, and they get their own food like you said, we only give them water every day same as our other animals, and they keep any predator from the Everfree away, specially Kari, she goes out to hunt and defends the territory from other any Manticore, and no other critter ever dares to confront her."

"We do keep her cub safe here, when she leaves the house she leaves her cub inside the house with Bright and Pear, or whoever is looking after the youngins." She finishes explaining then looks at me with curiosity.

"I know, you must wonder why am I here?" She nods and I answer right away. "Because mom and dad are getting married and we decided we would use your farm for that, the orchard and fields of apple trees, the beautiful sign and white picket fence, it looks really nice, everything does, will you accept? I will pay you handsomely for letting us use the entrance of your home, we don't need very much just one long table or two, and just your permission and either your or somepony else's baking skills, we will of course pay for all of this, what do you think?"

After dropping the bombshell I left her to think for a few minutes, while looking at the sunset myself and enjoying the sight.

"Wait, you have a dad?! Oh congratulations! Then your mom got a coltfriend? That's lovely, many mares are unlucky and can't find a stallion that wants them in their herd, let alone in a relationship like dear Pear and Bright have, is your mom part of a herd or... Two pony relationship?" I hope she asking all of this questions means she accepts.

"She and dad are the only two in the relationship now, their plans for the future are uncertain, but they want to have an official marriage, because mom is... Well she is soon go give birth to her and his foals, or pups, I don't know." I answered with all honesty, I didn't know either what the little ones would look like.

"And... Where are they? Oh they must be catching up with Kari, right? And I accept your proposal young Onyx, I along with Pear can prepare the food for this wonderful event, but when do you plan on doing the wedding?" Now it was as time to say what would probably make her upset.

"Tomorrow evening, tomorrow morning we will go and talk to the mayor, from there we will come here and help you set up the event, and I will be paying 5000 bits to you if you accept, does this whole thing sounds like a fair price to you?"

Her eyes widened and she looked me closely, narrowing her eyes slightly, looking for any signs of deception in my expression, or that I was joking, I wasn't.

"You really mean that, don't ya? It's doable, yes I think we can do it, but ya have a reason as to why you want to do this so soon? Why in such a hurry? Ya sure you want to pay so many bits? We could do this fer only 2 hundred..."

"I'm sure the amount I'm paying is non negotiable.
The reason I'm in a hurry is because mom is soon going to give birth and both of them want their wedding as soon as possible before that happens, and yes they decided to get married today, they both had been meaning to ask eachother but... You know how sometimes our insecurities keep us back from what we love? Well that is okay because they realized now what both want and they want it now."

She nodded at this, finally seeing the whole picture.

"I see, thank ya for explainin' Onyx, and do you know how many ponies ya want to invite? We need a list, we have the long tables you need, but we only have enough for a few dozen." I shook my head at that.

"No, no worries granny, the only ones assisting the event will be us three, your family, including the recent additions, and the Mayor who is going to make it official, we have to bribe her with some food too so she actually wants to come, right? There also must be a fee for it, do you know how many bits it would take for the paperwork she has to prepare and fill? And all of that?"

"It's only 10 bits, I'll cover it with the money, I'll also cover all of the other costs, don't worry and leave it all to us adults, ya just go and enjoy yer time here with us, I would tell ya go play with Big Mac but he's asleep now, and so is everypony else but me."

"Thank you granny, here, let me give you the bits now so you can get everything ready, my parents will be coming soon, can we sleep in the barn or the couch? Either works for us, like last time remember? Again I'm sorry for asking for all of this in such a short notice, it's not polite of me." I say and take out the bag of bits with my telekinesis, handing it to her, she smiles and hugs me.

"Thank ya kindly for the bits, it's a lot of coin that we desperately need to improve the farm and get supplies, yer a generous dragon, which is something lotta ponies could learn a thing or two from."

"I'm not as generous as you may think, I just think your farm is important for all of society, not only in Ponyville but in all of Equestria, you sell apples to suppliers for Canterlot right?" She nods at this, she is clearly very happy with me now and I can't blame her, I bet running a farm is costly.

"Well, I enjoy the products made with your apples a whole lot, I benefit from the success of your farm, if donating some money to your farm in exchange for an urgent favor I need, that is preparing some food and talking with the mayor then it's worth it for me."

She laughed and shook her head. "Despite enjoying our apples ya don't have an obligation to give us this, but ah really appreciate it, I'll make sure the food is extra tasty, yer welcome here any time you are around Ponyville, and yer family too, even friends."

The next day, early in the morning.

I had woken up early as I heard ponies come by and greet us, I was still half sleep in the sofa, my eyes half closed as I was hugged and nuzzled by ponies who then I recognized were Pear and Bright, I blinked and returned their affection, coming fully into consciousness.

"H-hi there everypony, sorry I was asleep." I say and yawn wide.

"So this is Sylf's coltfriend? He's so cute! I'm really happy she found somepony that makes her happy." Pear said softly to me, but my parents were waking up too.

"I agree miss Pear, my dad is a very good stallion and he makes mom very happy, I'm glad they became so close, soon mom will give birth too, she has been pregnant for over half a year I think."

"Oh you even call him dad! How sweet!" Pear hugged me again, I returned it, despite not going out as much as I should, i was not introverted, I felt happy in this moments.

"Good morning everypony, honey, wake up and say hello to the Apple family, well other than granny Smith that you met last night." I saw the unicorn slowly begin to wake up, yawning and stretching his legs, he blinked his eyes and realized he was in a full room of people, then blushed and tightly squeezed his hind legs together to cover his crotch, he looked at the other ponies and smiled shyly, waving a hoof.

"O-oh, hello everypony, it's nice to finally meet you, I'm Coconut Cream, the coltfriend and soon to be husband of my beautiful Sylf." He then climbed up on top of Sylf started giving her kisses on her neck and snout, making her blush and look at him.

"D-dear... Let's try to focus on doing what we have to do now, and that is preparing for our wedding, we have to go see the Mayor with granny Smith."

"Nice to meet ya Coconut, you must make her really satisfied and happy by the look she just gave you, you have my respect for that." Bright nodded at him with a smile.

"Yes definitively dear, she loves his kisses, look at her blushing and stuttering, clearly doesn't want him to stop~" Pear joined in the teasing, making mom and dad get go almost red faced.

"Hahaha I love make them embarrassed too, but all in good fun, get going you, you can get cuddly again after the party, time for me to get back go sleep meanwhile." I laughed thinking about all the times I had gotten them both looking this flustered, I didn't go out of my way to embarrass them but when it happened, I embraced it.

I dreaded the time they would turn the tables on me, but I still had a few years to go until that age.

That same day at 6pm

Finally, everything was ready, the tables were set up with cutlery and enough glasses and plates, for everyone, I of course have been taking pictures of everything, it was very fun and I got many confused looks.

We decided the the youngest of us would bring the bracelets, the symbol of their union, and that was Wishpaw, who I taught how to carry the little pillow on his head, he was adorable and this time he could understand me, I told him to not worry and if something fell I would get it for him.

We were ready, everything was in place and only the Mayor had yet to arrive, she was surprised early today when they went to ask for her to prepare the paperwork, but also somewhat saddened that mom and dad's herd wasn't bigger, but she understood and explained to them again that marriage didn't mean other ponies couldn't join the herd anymore, in fact if was sort of like officially declaring that Sylf was the head of the herd, and any other mares that joined had to respect her position.

She told us that she was happy that a non pony like mom found a stallion, honestly it was both kind of her to say and also made me feel she was implying something, but neither of us cared about her opinion, as long as the wedding was officially recognized.

While we waited we walked around the apple orchard, looking at the various trees and enjoying the sound of the wind rustling leaves, I played around with the manticore cub, making him chase my tail around, even letting him catch it and nom it, he didn't bite hard, not for me, but I'm sure if I was a human and he bit my finger it would definitively make me bleed.

Big Mac watched us play with interest, sometimes the 3 of us would run around to play catch, dodging trees and jumping around obstacles, my longer body and tail made it genuinely harder to keep up with them, and the fact I was letting them win didn't help.

"That was fuun! But now I'm tired." Wishpaw said, only I understood him because Big Mac had not gotten the spell to talk to animals but I had it active.

"Take a break, but remember you have to bring the bracelets, so don't fall asleep okay?" I gently asked the cub.

"Okie I'll just relax with mom, she will wake me." I nodded, it wasn't a bad idea.

Finally the Mayor arrived and we all got ready, everypony was talking and catching up, it was a wonderful day, with just our family and the Apples who were close to all of us, even little Applejack was here, held by her mother and clearly happy as she was making baby noises.

Everyone got into position, sitting on chairs that I grabbed from the table and placed in rows facing the spot where they were going to get married.

"Hello everypony! I'm very happy to be here today to celebrate the union of two wonderful individuals, one of them is Sylf, a royal guard that has served the nation for over 5 years, and the other is Coconut Cream, a stallion who has made many ponies happy and refreshed with his frozen desserts and ice creams." I have been recording ever since it seemed like the Mayor was about to speak, aiming my phone at them.

"Both of them have fallen in love and precious new life grows in Sylf as a result of their love, they have both come to the decision they want to formalize their bond, and to show the world they are together and love each other." Everyone was smiling, they all knew that Sylf was pregnant, it was pretty obvious by now.

"Now with the authority given to me by the Crown, I must ask of you, Coconut Cream do you promise to love and cherish your mate? To stay with her and help her raise the foals you have blessed her with?
To love her even when times are hard, when she may be sick or injured, just as much as you love her in happy times and when she is in good health?"

"I promise, I will stay by her side." He answered with certainty, a loving expression on his face as he looked Sylf in the eyes, he only had eyes for her now, and she for him.

"And you, Ms. Sylf, do you promise to love and cherish your stallion? To stay with him and raise your foals together as a family? To love him during the good times as well as the bad times, in sickness and in health?"

"I promise, I will stay by him and protect him from harm until I can't anymore." She said with conviction, as both stared into each other's eyes.

"Now you may place your bracelets on each other as a symbol of giving yourself to your partner."

Now little Wishpaw approached them with a pillow on his head, carrying the bracelets, I was impressed by his balance, he stood in front of them and made an adorable meow, catching their attention, they smiled warmly and each took their partners bracelet, Sylf using her magic hands that were much better than her maw for handling delicate objects, and Coconut of course used his telekinesis.

They put the bracelet on each others right foreleg, it was nice and snug, perfect size for each, I admired the beautiful design from here, it was beautifully designed, the gold swirled around the pearls, there was one black pearl on one side and the white pearl on the opposite side, as if they were planets sharing the same orbit.

After they were done they nodded to Mayor Mare to continue.

"By the powers bestowed to me, I declare you Husband and Wife, you may now kiss, I can see you both want it." Mayor Mare said with a honest smile, and that was the signal the two were waiting for, they moved close, and started kissing passionately in front of everyone, really... Getting their maws together, it was pretty nice to look at, knowing they were so happy made me happy, this show of affection made Pearl and Bright start kissing the same way too, as they were the only other couple here.

"I started clapping my paws and cheering, and then the rest started to join, ponies stamping their hooves on the floor in approval, and some cheering with me."

"WOOO! Go mom and dad! You're husband and wife now!!" i cheered loudly while they finished their kiss, slowly moving back and touching their snout together.

"Thank you Mayor Mare, that was perfect!" Sylf said with a smile, approaching the mare and bowing her head.

"I agree with her, thank you so much ma'am! This has been a wonderful experience." He bowed his head too in appreciation, then both of them lifted their heads.

"It was my pleasure, it's always a joyful day when I direct a wedding, I wish you both a wonderful marriage and that your foals are healthy and happy, now I have to go and prepare the paperwork, goodbye everypony!" Everyone said goodbye to her and she left, then we started to bring out the food, by now it was becoming nighttime, the sun was setting behind the horizon and I felt a sense of calm and peace, as much as I would love to sit and relax I had some things ready for tonight, sort of fireworks, as much as i could with magic, i had learned a firework spell that would be ideal for tonight, it was nowhere near as good looking as real fireworks but those were dangerous, really loud and most creatures including ponies have sensitive hearing.

After that we ate the delicious food made by the Apples, it was all vegetarian but delicious, specially the desserts!

I loved the apple fritters the most, I haven't had that in forever! Reminds me of... Better to focus on the present, it was time to try my fireworks, I checked the sky to make sure no pegasi were flying above us.

"Excuse me everypony, I will make a magical show for you all, now that it's night it will look good, and dont worry it wont be very loud." I announced, but no one knew what I meant, only one unicorn was here after all and he didn't really study magic.

I decided to just do it, aiming one hand at the sky, I filled in the matrix in my mind's eye and released the spell through my hand, shooting what looked like a ball of light that flew high into the sky, once far away, it exploded into sparks of various colors and shapes, it grew in size for a few seconds until the shape I had chosen became visible, it was Sylf and Coco nuzzling each other, all in pink and around them there was a big heart shape.

The next firework I launched was of Coconut's cutie mark, i didn't really made a habit of staring at my father's butt, to check it his cutie mark in detail, but from the brief glances I could tell it was supposed to be, a beautifully decorated glass cup of white ice cream, probably either Coconut flavor or just sweetened cream, and a coconut cut in half next to it, pretty much his namesake.

Next it was Sylf's face with a loving smile just like she has right now while looking at the fireworks, then after that a heart with an arrow going through, with their names inside and under it a 4ever.

It was childish, but I was the one doing the show so what I think is what they get, after that I just stared blasting the sky with randomly shaped and colored fireworks, not caring for making patterns anymore, just having different shapes and colors, from green to golden and blue.

The only sound this fireworks produced was a soft pop, similar to popcorn popping, nothing deafening or scary, so even the little cub and Applejack that were basically babies, were watching up and making adorable happy noises of wonder and smiling.

Everypony was staring up wide eyed and smiling, specially the newlyweds.

I'm sure this fireworks were visible and clear to see all the way from Canterlot, but they would not be heard from there, if they were barely audible from down here.

Meanwhile in Canterlot Castle. Cadence POV

I was looking out the window into the distant horizon, the night was beautiful and calm, school had gone well, even if Onyx has skipped classes today again, I hope he was okay.

Auntie Celestia had been reaching me today too, it was all about how to act like royalty, everything about how to look superior and inspire awe in others with my presence alone, things that I didn't really want to do, I wasn't interested in being seen as above others, it was the furthest thing from what I want.

But I still paid attention, I still learned and practiced, my destiny was clear, I had to become a Princess, that was what it meant to be an Alicorn, or so auntie tells me.

Today had still been a good day, Shiny had spent a lot more time with me talking and just enjoying each others company during our free time.

He wants to become a royal guard, he says his destiny is to be a royal guard because he has a talent for shields, his cutie mark is a shield and he has used that very strong shield during that practice session with Onyx.

Something pulled me out of my inner thoughts, as the distant horizon suddenly had a distant shape appear out of nowhere, fireworks? Yes definitively, it grew and formed into two ponies, no a pony and a wolf, muzzles pressing together and love clearly conveyed, it was also pretty obvious because they were both inside a heart shape.

Wait, this are Onyx's parents, aren't they?! Why are they in fireworks? What's going on there?

I wish I could could see, but I had no way of reaching that far, I still couldn't fly more than a few seconds before I fell down.

The next one was a cutie mark that looked like ice cream on a cup and half a coconut, then the face of a very happy wolf.

The last was confirmation of what I was already sure of, both of their names and 4ever, all surrounded by a heart with an arrow going through it.

Had they just gotten married? What else could it be? I smiled happily knowing they had made their love official, Onyx was surely there with them, and that is why he had missed school.

That is the best reason to miss school I can think of, having your parents get married, this....it filled my heart with joy, I want him and his family to be happy.

Despite how confused he made me feel, he was still a wonderful friend, but he clearly liked both me and Shiny, which was... Strange but adorable, a love that doesn't discriminate genders, I didn't know a lot about this, auntie Celestia had never taught me about this.
Was it wrong for a colt to like another colt? Or a filly to like another filly? I will need to learn more by myself, if auntie has not taught me something so important, then she clearly doesn't want me to know yet, but love is my special talent!

I need to learn more...